TUNICATA Lamarck, 1816
(ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates)

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Class 19 subtaxa 276 images 15 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubphylumTUNICATA (ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN) www.marlin.ac.uk/gallerycategory.php?gcatid=8
Berrill, N.J. 1950 The Tunicata, with an Account of the British Species Vol 133, The Ray Society, London
de Kluijver, M.J. & S.S. Ingalsuo, S.S. Tunicata wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/tunicata.php
Fraser, J.H 1982 British Pelagic Tunicates Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 20, The Linnean Society of London
Harant, H. & Vernières, P. 1938 *** Tuniciers, fascicle 2: Appendiculaires et Thaliacés ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 33, 59pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Harant, H. & Vernières, P. 1933 *** Tuniciers, fascicle 1: Ascidies ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 27, 100pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
Naylor, P. 2005 Great British Marine Animals 2nd edition edition
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/
Wood, C. 2007 Seasearch Observer’s Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland SeaSearch guides, Marine Conservation Society

Marine

() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press

Planktonic Forms

Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds) 1901 *** Tunicata, Mollusca ***(Superseded) Nordisches Plankton, 116+55pp, H. G. Bohn, London

Planktonic Stages And Forms

Todd, C.D., Laverack, M.S. & Boxshall, G. 1996 Coastal Marine Zooplankton: A Practical Manual for Students 2nd edition, 106pp, Cambridge University Press

TUNICATA (ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TUNICATA (ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TUNICATA (ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates)
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